Abdominal belt.



' No. 851,889. PATENTED APR. 30, 1907.-

0. 0. KNIGHT & E. A. DAVIS. ABDOMINAL BELT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1. 1905.

WITNESSES INVEN'TDRS CHARLES C. KNIGHT 8: ERNEST A. DAVIS. 5 TMJZZZWUNITED STATES PATEN T @FFTGE.

CHARLES OAIR KNIGHT, or snniuiiiooirii AND ERNEST A. DAVIS, orOOOKSHIRE, QUEBEC, cANADA.

ABDOMINAL BELT.

N 0. 851,889. Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 1. 1905. Serial No. 263.300.

Patented April 30, 1907.

whom it y 0071687 sections of the belt are incut as shown at it so as tofit over the crest of the pelvis and prevent rucliing of the belt. Tothe central portions of each section I provide gussets c, which aredisposed centrally of the incut portions 7L, and serve with saidportions to permit the belt to fit tightly over the hips of the wearer.The two parts of the belt on each side of the front lacing, are providedwith pads (Z extending upwardly in an oblique direction, as shown inFig. 1. These pads may be of any suitable material and are adapted, whenin position on the body, to lie across the abdominal viscera at an angleof approximately 90 degrees.

The front of the belt is tightly laced while the back may be adjustedwithin certain lim- The belt is held in place its by the lacing. by thestraps f, which are sewed on at the back the front by the fastenofQuebec, Canada, and ERNEST ABRAHAM DAVIS, of the village of ()ookshire,Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Abdominal Belts, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

Our invention relates to new and useful and is designed to be worn bypersons who ordinarily sufler from sea-sickness.

The object of our invention is to provide a belt or truss, that whenproperly adjusted on the body, will produce the necessary controlingpressure upon the abdominal viscera and thus prevent irritation of thelarge nerve .pathetic system, which is i and are attached at ers f asshown in Fig. l.

The main feature of our invention consists in so placing the pads thatpressure will be brought to bear on the organs requiring suchcontrolling pressure and on no other organs. This desideratum is bestaccomplished by the device shown and described, and a thorough system oftests has proven that normally healthy persons, who had heretoforesu'l'l'ered greatly from sea sickness, were rendered practically immuneby wearing our belt.

It will be obvious that the belt may vary in size to suit di'll'erentgirths and, moreover, may be made of any suitable material whatever.

Having thus described our invention so that the same may be readilyunderstood by those skilled in the art to which it appertains, what weclaim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is z An abdominal thedisturbance of these organs causes irri tation of the solar plexus. Theplexus communicates with the higher nerve centers in the brain, thevomiting center, heart center, etc., which in turn become disturbed andso produce the symptoms of sea-sickness.

Our invention is designed to produce sufficient pressure upon theabdominal viscera so that the underlying organs will be prevented frommoving to any extent within the abdominal cavity.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate our invention; Figure 1is a perspective view of the device showing the position in which it isworn on the body. Fig. 2 is a plan View showing the location of the padswithin the belt.

eferring to the belt of belt comprising two flexible material, made intwo similar parts, each having at its edges the eyelet holes e adaptedto receive the lacing cord 6. The front of the belt is provided withaflap b, which serves to prevent abrasion the eyelets and lacing cordwhen the fastening ends of the belt are secured together. The loweredges of the two with lacing-openings, andv one with a terminal proteeting extension, the lower edge of each member being incut for a portionof its length so as to lit over the crest of the pelvis, an elasticgusset combined with each member at the middle portion of the incut, apressure pad assembled with each member near its outer .79 members eachprovided at both terminals terminal between the gusset and the laoing-In Witness whereof We have hereunto set openings and disposed obliquelyrelatively to our hands in the presence of two Witnesses.

reby, When the CHARLES CAIR KNIGHT.

' the length of the belt, Whe

belt is positioned, pressure will be applied di- ERNEST A. DAVIS.

5 rectly on the abdominelvisoere, and means Witnesses:

for holding the belt in position to prevent E. S. SWIFT, shifting,substantially as specified. 4 ANNIE L. SPENOE.

